Double Shot and BC Bars Gone

[aussie]

Does Club Lounge have a sign yet ?

Yes, an L.E.D sign above the entrance.

And in other news, Dorothy's, which re-opened last weekend has now been taken over by the owners of M2M Bar Club Cabaret across the soi.

[Dodger]

I was chatting with a boy who used to work at M2M yesterday and he now works at Dorothy's across the soi which just reopened.

That, coupled with the fact that +25 bars in JC are still operating gives a pretty good bill-of-health for the Complex.

M's Bar is still receiving high praise from everyone that I've talked to - with an ample supply of smiling boys...so, overall, things are looking pretty good.

I wonder if the legalization of gay marriage will have any effect on the number of gay tourists (domestic and international) visiting Pattaya in the future. We can only hope to see an increase - but with the world in the shape it's in right now even Einstein wouldn't have a clue.

[Jun]

That, coupled with the fact that +25 bars in JC are still operating gives a pretty good bill-of-health for the Complex.

That's still a pretty good choice of bars. This compares very well with places like Bangkok or Chiang Mai, where I'm not even sure there's a bar I still want to visit.

I get the impression there's been more growth in the small bars in Jomtien, at the expense of the bigger bars.

[Gitar]

I was chatting with a boy who used to work at M2M yesterday and he now works at Dorothy's across the soi which just reopened.
That, coupled with the fact that +25 bars in JC are still operating gives a pretty good bill-of-health for the Complex.
M's Bar is still receiving high praise from everyone that I've talked to - with an ample supply of smiling boys...so, overall, things are looking pretty good.
I wonder if the legalization of gay marriage will have any effect on the number of gay tourists (domestic and international) visiting Pattaya in the future. We can only hope to see an increase - but with the world in the shape it's in right now even Einstein wouldn't have a clue.

I agree with what you say there Dodger. Of course a lot depends on the old chicken-egg scenario of if there's boys in the bars...customers will come, if there's customers...boys will come to service, and the new 60 day free visa will certainly help the availability of boys part of that.

There so many Lao and Cambodian boys who previously had to make the border runs monthly, with transport and visa costs down it might even encourage more friends of boys already working there to have a go at bar work. I find Lao boys are like Issan boys of a few years ago, with similar attitude to engaging with customers they are more gentle, soft, polite and slim! So more Lao boys would suit me.

But certainly Charlee, previously owner of Sunee /Dodo bars [not sure if he still has influence/connections there, maybe aussie would know] and M now both at M Bar are good examples of switched-on owners, who take note of customers requirements, plenty of available cute lads with good attitude and reasonable music volumes with a welcoming atmosphere has been a big plus, even the previous bars Charlee had Sunee Intimate and Dodo have continued to operate with the same passion and can-do attitude, with boys offering entertainment, as well as availability and excellent attitudes, with Happy Hours and occasional shows and other owner-operators in the Complex should take heed and the customers would come.

Also agree with the current world set-up making it very difficult to plan for future, who 4 years ago would have thought Covid, Russian war mongering and Trump would affect the balance of the world we previously knew quite as much. The future? anybody's guess!

[Gaybutton]

Some of you are quite well versed with the bar goings-on. As an aside, something I have been curious about - maybe some of you have the answer.

Eros was going to reopen in Boyztown. The owner "confirmed" that several times, but obviously it didn't happen. Do any of you know what's going on with that? Will Eros ever actually reopen? Does anyone know why it hasn't?

[Gitar]

That's still a pretty good choice of bars. This compares very well with places like Bangkok or Chiang Mai, where I'm not even sure there's a bar I still want to visit. I get the impression there's been more growth in the small bars in Jomtien, at the expense of the bigger bars.

Totally agree about other destinations, in the past I regularly used to mix my month's trips to Thailand based in Pattaya with visits to Bkk, Phuket, Chiang Mai. Haven't been to either Chiang Mai or Phuket for years, I still visit Bkk for 3 days mid-trip as there is [just] enough entertainment for me to still make it enjoyable. Patpong2 and Silom Soi 4 still have enough bars for 2-3 nights and DJ Station/GOD are still enjoyable change-of-scene for us to make it worthwhile. I still only visit South Pattaya Boyztown/Sunee a couple nights in a month's visit compared to pre-Covid where I based myself in Mosaik South Pattaya and spent many more nights there than Jomtien, now that's reversed.

[Gaybutton]

I never really liked the Bangkok bars and rarely went, even before the days of prices like today, but I did like the boys I used to find around Saranrom Park. I haven't been there in several years. I'm wondering if boys looking for customers still hang around the park. My guess is the way things are now, very few, if any.

[Jun]

I thought I was in paradise, when visiting Classic Boys Bangkok on my first visit. I really enjoyed the gogo bars back in those days.
Even now, I would still occasionally visit and pay the Bangkok prices, but only for a proper gogo bar, with cute twinks on stage in underwear. I don't know of one.

Also, there are only 2 Bangkok host bars that I know of. One has staff that are way too pushy and hence never has any customers. The other is the Hot Male host bar, which is quite nice, but only on the days when the music volume is at a reasonable level.

So Jomtien beats Bangkok hands down. The only reason I still visit Bangkok is because there's more to do during the day.

The Christian PFC blog occasionally reports on Saranrom.

As for Eros reopening, well as fine as that bar was, they were never rushed off their feet with customers in the final years. So I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a reopening. If they did reopen, perhaps they ought to look for a location near to the complex, but with more reasonable rents. If they had a distinctive offer, customers would find them.

[Rocket]

Some of you are quite well versed with the bar goings-on. As an aside, something I have been curious about - maybe some of you have the answer.

Eros was going to reopen in Boyztown. The owner "confirmed" that several times, but obviously it didn't happen. Do any of you know what's going on with that? Will Eros ever actually reopen? Does anyone know why it hasn't?

I’m not surprised they never opened. If you were expecting Eros to be like it once was, I don’t see how that would be possible or allowed in Boystown.

You would need boys willing to have sex in the open. Which is what made Eros popular before. And it being so touristy in Boystown with many Chinese tourists , many women, they might find it way too sleazy.
The location of Nice Boys is perfect, as tourists don’t know where it is, but the regular mongers do.

Now if Eros opened as a regular go go bar, like Tou Boys or Classic Boys, then that makes sense. But with higher rents and lack of customers, who would try?

[Gaybutton]

If you were expecting Eros to be like it once was, I don’t see how that would be possible or allowed in Boystown.

I wasn't expecting. More like fingers crossed hoping. He must have had some kind of plan going, but obviously it never materialized.

I believe if he would reopen in his original Sunee Plaza location he would have no problems running it just like before, with plenty of boys willing to do just as they had. I think he would get good customer numbers and, who knows, it might trigger off a revival of Sunee Plaza.

Trouble is - I'm not holding my breath . . .